News on the topic: hunger strike
06.07.2012 Alena Semenchukova, sentenced to 10 days of arrest, declares hunger-strike
On 5 July Judge of the Chyhunachny District Court of Vitsebsk Ina Hrabouskaya sentenced Alena to ten days of arrest under Article 23.34, “violation of the order of organizing and holding mass events”.
29.06.2012 Arrested Youth Activist Goes on Hunger Strike
Paviel Vinahradau — the leader of Zmiena movement — went on hunger strike.
11.06.2012 Siarhei Kavalenka transferred from quarantine to work brigade
Several days ago Alena Kavalenka, wife of the political prisoner Siarhei Kavalenka, found out he had been transferred from the quarantine department of Mahiliou colony #19, to work brigade #5.
14.05.2012 Siarhei Kavalenka on hunger-strike again
Activists of the Conservative-Christian Party Belarusian Popular Front Siarhei Kavalenka resumed his hunger-strike of protest against the unlawful prison sentence. At present he demands not only a review of his case, but the liberation of political prisoners and the removal of all bans on national symbols.
11.05.2012 Alena Kavalenka suspects her husband has resumed his hunger-strike
Siarhei Kavalenka has not been given a meeting with his wife in Vitsebsk remand prison.
30.04.2012 Asipovichy activist goes on hunger strike in Minsk prison
Ihar Simbirou, Asipovichy activist of the Teel the Truth civil campaign, has reportedly declared a hunger strike while serving ten days of arrest in Minsk detention center in Akrestsin Street, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports, quoting his former cellmate.
13.04.2012 Siarhei Kavalenka stops hunger-strike
RFE/RL learned it from the father of the political prisoner, Aliaksandr Kavalenka, who visited his son in the psychiatric hospital in Minsk.
10.04.2012 Court orders psychiatric examination of Kavalenka
The regional court was to hear the appeal against the decision of the Pershamaiski district court of Vitebsk today.
06.04.2012 Siarhei Kavalenka's state doesn't improve
Alena, Siarhei Kavalenka’s wife, describes her husband’s condition as “alarming”. She was allowed a meeting with Siargey in the Vitsba reformatory on 5 April, BelaPAN reports.
05.04.2012 Belarusian Helsinki Committee asks procuracy to inspect conditions of Kavalenka's keeping in hospital
According to the wife of Siarhei Kavalenka, Alena Kavalenka, her husband is in a critical state and doesn't receive the necessary medical aid.
29.03.2012 Hunger strike caused irreversible damage to Kavalenka's health, wife says
Syarhey Kavalenka's wife has sounded an alarm over the rapidly deteriorating health of the imprisoned opposition activist, saying that his lengthy hunger strike has already caused "irreversible" damage to his internal organs.
14.03.2012 Human rights defender demands to change restraint to Siarhei Kavalenka
Pavel Levinau has filed the ninth appeal with Judge of the Pershamaiski District Court of Vitsebsk Alena Zhuk who had sentenced Siarhei Kavalenka to 2 years and 1 months of imprisonment on 24 February 2011. The judge has the right to change restraint to the prisoner till the enforcement of the verdict.
14.03.2012 Vitsebsk: Siarhei Kavalenka’s wife and 7-month-old daughter get detained
Alena Kavalenka, her 7-month-old daughter and a number of Kavalenka’s friends were detained for holding an action of solidarity with the political prisoner. Siarhei Parsiukevich told about the detention by telephone.
14.03.2012 Hunger-strike of prisoners in Minsk
Human rights defenders from the "Platform" association obtained a copy of the address of 14 prisoners of the Minsk pre-trial prison.
06.03.2012 Kavalenka’s relatives try to do everything possible to save his life
On 27 February the family of Siarhei Kavalenka informed the Special Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council about the situation of the political prisoner who continues a hunger strike of protest after receiving a prison sentence on 24 February. The document was prepared with the help of Vitebsk human rights defenders.
